Original Marathi from the Tukaram Gatha · About Sant Tukaram
मराठी मूळ
नाहीं कोणी दिस जात वांयांविण । साध्य नाहीं सीण लटिका चि ॥1॥
एकाचिये माथां असावें निमित्त । नसो नाहीं हित कपाळीं तें ॥ध्रु.॥
कांहीं एक तरी बोलायाचा जागा । नेदिती वाउगा उभा ठाकों ॥2॥
तुका ह्मणे वर्में कळों येती कांहीं । ओळखी जे नाहीं होइऩल ते ॥3॥
Tukaram Gatha (Marathi Wikisource)
English Translation
Not a single day passes without purpose; even if nothing is achieved, the toil itself is not in vain. Something must rest upon someone's head as the appointed cause; if there is no good fortune written there, so be it. At the very least, there is always an occasion for speech; they will not let you stand idle for nothing. Says Tuka, some signs of the pattern become clear; the recognition that has not yet come will surely come in time.
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